Video transcript:
Child: “I need help.” [ECHOES]
[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]
Parent: “No!”
Child: “I need help. I don’t know how to do the diagram.”
Parent: “Diagram? Why do they make you do so much work just to answer a simple division question? I’m not a math person. Let’s wait till your mom gets home.”
[BUZZER]
Child: “I need help. I don’t know how to do the diagram.”
Parent: “Drawing in math class? That sounds like a fun way to learn math.”
[BELL RINGING]
Child: “Daddy, how much do you think this watermelon costs?”
Parent: “I don’t know. You know I didn’t get the math gene.”
[BUZZER]
Child: “Daddy, how much do you think this watermelon costs?”
Parent: “I don’t know. Why don’t we weigh it? And then we can
estimate the price based on the weight of the watermelon.”
[BELL RINGING]
Child: “How much longer until we get there?”
Parent: “Long”
[BUZZER]
Child: “How much longer until we get there?”
Parent: “Let’s figure it out. We’re driving 25 miles an hour. And we have about eight miles left. How much time do you think we have?”
[BELL RINGING]
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